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White House Caves, Will Extend Bush Tax Cuts
(Newser) - Any Republican attempt to repeal health care reform legislation won't make it past President Obama's veto pen, top adviser David Axelrod tells the Huffington Post. The president is willing to give ground in other areas and is prepared to accept an across-the-board continuation of Bush-era tax cuts even for the... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 11, 2010 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Early Results Good News for Lisa Murkowski
(Newser) - It might take Alaskan officials five days to count the 92,000 write-in ballots, but the first small sample bodes well for Lisa Murkowski. Of 7,638 ballots counted, the incumbent senator got 6,804 of them (89%) without a hitch—meaning voters spelled her name correctly. Another 678 are... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 11, 2010 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Pat Sajak: I'm Sorry for Introducing Olbermann to America
(Newser) - Pat Sajak says he "introduced Keith Olbermann to America" via his 1989 talk show, and now he'd like to apologize. "I’m not sure how he morphed into the bitter-sounding, hate-mongering name-caller he’s become, but I’m sorry he did," Sajak writes on his Ricochet blog... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 11, 2010 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Deficit Panel Considers Raising Retirement Age
(AP) - The leaders of President Obama's bipartisan deficit commission launched a daring assault on mushrooming federal deficits today, proposing reducing annual cost-of-living increases for Social Security, gradually raising the retirement age to 69, and taking aim at popular tax breaks such as the mortgage interest deduction. They also call for cuts... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 11, 2010 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Note to Presidents: Words Matter
(Newser) - In office, George W. Bush seemed laid back no matter what, while Barack Obama “has not been a happy warrior.” Both men have been true to form in major interviews over the past week, writes Howard Kurtz in the Daily Beast . Obama acknowledged discouragement—a fair point, but... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 11, 2010 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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GOP Demands End to Expired Program
(Newser) - In a drive to cut the deficit, a GOP committee called for an end to a $2.5 billion dollar welfare program this week—which might have been a clever move if the program hadn’t already expired, notes Arthur Delaney at the Huffington Post . The committee’s leader slammed... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 11, 2010 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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New Republicans Talk Up Term Limits
(Newser) - In the first boost to the term limit movement in years, a host of new Republican lawmakers are promising not to overstay their welcomes. Roughly half of the more than 80 new GOP House members have promised to limit their tenures, as have several new senators, Politico reports; their targets... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 11, 2010 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Rahm's Renter Weighs a Run Against Him
(Newser) - Remember Rob Halpin , the guy who won’t let Rahm Emanuel move back into his Chicago home? Well, he’s considering running for mayor against his landlord, John Kass of the Chicago Tribune reports. “This was not my idea,” Halpin tells Kass. “I was approached by some... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 11, 2010 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Kanye West: Matt Lauer Used Me
(Newser) - First Kanye West called George Bush a racist. Then Bush called the moment “disgusting.” Then Kanye accepted the blame. The latest in the Bush/Kanye mess, brought to you by Matt Lauer and Twitter: Kanye West told Lauer he understood Bush’s feelings. Then the rapper went on a... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 11, 2010 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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China Drops US Credit Rating Ahead of G20
(Newser) - China’s top state-endorsed rating agency dropped the United States’ credit rating yesterday, warning that recent Fed moves, along with “serious defects in the United States' economic development and management model” were “fundamentally lowering the national solvency.” The report probably won’t have much impact on our... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 11, 2010 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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No. of Feds Making Over $150K Soars
(Newser) - The number of federal government employees making at least $150,000 a year is 10 times what it was five years ago, and it has doubled since President Obama’s inauguration, says a study by USA Today . House GOP members are hoping to pounce on the issue as the lame-duck... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 11, 2010 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Sarah Palin's Alaska: Good Branding, Bad TV
(Newser) - Sarah Palin seems to be out for a fresh start with her new reality show, Sarah Palin’s Alaska. “In this well-staged reboot, the less you know about her—or, in some cases, shuddered to think about her—then the better the show gets, writes Hank Stuever of the... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 11, 2010 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Bush: I Woulda Endorsed Obama
(Newser) - George Bush's stop-the-presses revelations just won't stop , though the latest comes by way of a dusty anecdote that's finally seeing the light of day. Alex Barker, writing for the Financial Times reveals that in an Oval Office meeting with Gordon Brown and other British dignitaries during the 2008 campaign season,... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 11, 2010 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Defeated House Democrats Urge Pelosi to Step Aside
(Newser) - Some defeated Democratic candidates are now picking up the cause of their GOP rivals: firing Nancy Pelosi. An open letter to Pelosi from the Dems, many of whom are likely to run again in 2012, has been doing the rounds on Capitol Hill. "With you as the leader of... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 11, 2010 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Palin 'Cookie Bombs' School to Protest Health Push
(Newser) - Who knew nutrition guidelines were a Tea Party bugaboo? Sarah Palin's post-election focus on the issues has gone from monetary policy to ... cookies. The Alaskan brought cookies to a Pennsylvania elementary school yesterday to slam government interference pressing for healthier eating, ABC News reports. Pennsylvania is a "nanny state... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 11, 2010 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Brits Slam Bush's Claim That Waterboarding Saved Lives
(Newser) - British officials are deriding George W. Bush’s claim that waterboarding terror suspects “helped break up plots.” In his memoir, Bush asserts that such “interrogations” of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others stopped attacks at Heathrow Airport and other locations. British officials counter that Mohammed’s information... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 11, 2010 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Republicans Plot to Oust Michael Steele
(Newser) - Republican leaders are quietly pressuring Michael Steele to resign while the resigning’s good, and looking for candidates to run against him if he ignores that advice. Though most weren’t willing to talk about it on the record, sources tell the New York Times that the likes of John... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, November 11, 2010 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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